🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2023-04-11

SBRT vs. Conventional Fractionation With HDR Boost for Prostate Cancer (NCT04861415)

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 📋 Clinical Research Protocol Sponsor: Dr. Gerard Morton

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

Random assignment between SBRT and conventionally fractionated boost following HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (5 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (8 items).

Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre — Toronto, Ontario

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Presence of nodal or distant metastasis on staging MRI or CT Abdomen/Pelvis and Bone scan within 90 days of enrolment (CT/MRI/Bone Scan are only required if the clinical risk of metastatic disease is sufficient to warrant these scans)
  • Plan for adjuvant chemotherapy post-radiotherapy
  • Serious medical comorbidities or other contraindications to HDR brachytherapy
  • Presence of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Presence of connective tissue disorder seen as a contraindication to radiotherapy
  • Medically unfit for general/spinal anesthesia
  • Unable or unwilling to complete questionnaires

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre — Toronto, Ontario

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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